UGC recommends Institution of Eminence status to DU, Madras, Kharagpur IITs

The University Grants Commission has recommended that Delhi University, BHU, Hyderabad University and IIT Madras and Kharagpur be granted Institution of Eminence (IoE) status by the HRD Ministry, officials said on Friday.

Among universities that have got the UGC recommendation for issuing letter of intent are Jamia Hamdard University, OP Jindal Global University, Shiv Nadar University. Aligarh Muslim University, Tezpur University and Ashoka University failed to make the cut for IoE status, the officials said.

Public Institutions:

In accordance with the above principles, the UGC has ranked the list of (15) recommendations as per the QS-2020 World Rankings. Wherever there is a tie, used the QS-2019 India Rankings as a tie-breaker.

Accordingly, the following are recommended for grant of IoE status:

State Universities: Jadavpur University and Anna Universitycan be considered for issue of the IoE status only after the respective State Governments have issued an official communication allocating their share of the funds (up to 50%).

Private Institutions:

UGC has ranked the list of the (15) private institutions recommended by the EEC by taking their ranking in the QS India or NIRF rankings, and NIRF ranking has been used as tie-breaker. In case there is any vacant slot after considering all the ranked institutions, the same was used for 'yet to be set up (greenfield)' institution.